ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Government will be seeking to establish a centralised system to track the number of people accessing its social safety programmes.

A brawl in Long Street between two female co-workers – during which one was badly bitten on the finer – has resulted in a $500 compensation order.

Two suicidal, abused teen girls were remanded to prison yesterday owing to a lack of a suitable facility to care for them.

The youngsters’ plight prompted Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh to increase the pressure on government to open a rehabilitation centre to address a “crisis” among the country’s troubled youth.

Minister Willmoth Daniel said that the Ministry of Social Transformation is taking a “zero-tolerance” approach to the financial abuse of the nation’s elders and new legislation is in the pipeline.

With an infectious smile and a humble personality, centenarian Edith Ephraim yesterday welcomed Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack into the home where she once lived at Jennings Village, for her 101st birthday celebration.

The Caribbean Development Bank has credited the Antigua & Barbuda government’s National Economic and Social Transformation (NEST) plan for what it said was a significantly improved fiscal performance last year.

Government has completed the last of the National Economic and Social Transformation (NEST) consultations